The Olvera surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,551 people carried this name — #1,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,700 people counted. That is up 49% from 18,512 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 35 people named Olvera live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 24
Santa Fe 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 22 people named Olvera.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Eure.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Eure 4
Hautes-Pyrénées 4
Lot-et-Garonne 3
Nord 2
Loiret 1
Oise 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Gironde 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Olvera in American newspapers,
1920–1954.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Olvera
El Tucsonense 1920-11-09
Newspaper page from The Key West Citizen carrying the name Olvera
The Key West Citizen 1940-08-06
Newspaper page from The Catholic Times carrying the name Olvera
The Catholic Times 1954-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,746 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Olvera,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Agustin Olvera
    Agustin Olvera 1818–1876 · politician
  • Isidoro Olvera 1815–1859 · physician
  • Feliciano Olvera 1850–1899 · military personnel
  • Lucio Olvera 1881–1932 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 30 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Olvera,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States469 records

469 records of the Olvera name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 387
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 57
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 21
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ceferino Olvera

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso; blacksmith from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Olvera

    Born 1933; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jose Maria Olvera

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1844, died 1929; buried at Old Brownsville City Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 469 records for Olvera in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Olvera name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rosario Olvera

    Born 1964 in Lourdes; died 1994 in Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rene Joseph Olvera

    Born 1919 in Bordeaux (Gironde); died 2001 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Yolande Carmen Olvera

    Born 1924 in La Neuve-Lyre (Eure); died 1996 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Olvera in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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